Tobacco-package container.



A. R. GWYNN.

TOBACCO PACKAGE CONTANER.

APPLICATION man MAY 22x i915 @ama m505 /AA R. vwmf www ALBERT a. GWYNN,on PHOENIX, emmene.'

TOBACCO-AGHAGE CONTANER.

Application filed May 22, 1915,

Be it known thatv, ALBERT R. GW-inn, a Citizen oi the United States,'residing at ihoenixmy in the County of' li/iaiieopa and State oiliiiaona, have inventel certain new and useful Linprovenients inTohaceo- Package ontaines, of which the oliowing' is a Specification,reference beinghaii to the aoi:o1npanyin drawings.

lily invention i'eiatee-to containers, and oartionlaily to a eontainei'for holding bags oi simikingf tobacco.

@ne oi' the 'objeo'o of my invention is the l'nrmfision oia container soconstructed that a laag oipackage of smoking tobacco as ordinal-iii* pntupon the market may he inand the tobacco to time as serieel within thecontainer .diaol'iaigefl tl'ieieiioin :toin time may he required,

. further object of the invention is 'to il'n'ovilio nieaiie io'fhoiclingg; the bag Within 'the Container, to piomz i ie meane loi* noi?-inally Closing; the outlet opening of the oontainei', anti ii'iufthei'to 'provide means for holding the month oi the hag; (listended so thatthe tobacco may he Yeat'iily discharged therefrom. v

A. iorthei obje-el; oi the intention is to movido moans-for .'eafiilyinserting; a hag within the containers and reaflily removing the bagafter thc tobacco liosbeen exhausted.

@ther ohjeets will appeal in the course of the following description.

My invention is iilnstiateii in the aeeonipanjin'g drawings, wherein:

.Figure 'l is lpackage container; Fig. Elfi is an enti elenationthereof; Fig'. 3 is a perspeotive {letailed view ont the means iol'retainingthe i'melialeje within the iiolcleir, and Fig. fi is aperapective View of the bag; expande?.

Referring! to these fliai'vings, it will he eeen that the body of theoontainei: consiste of' a has; 3 which is preferably inacle o leatherthonlljh it may he made of any other suitable material, this laag; beingapproxii mately the size or Slightly larger than the oilinalv one ouncebag o1 Sn'loking tolsaeeo. "The upper edge or margin of the leather bagif; Supported hy means of a veetanoiilai iia. 3, the upper edge ormargin oi? the img liv-ing lielci against this yiin hy ineane an i.w'ioi rim "l rivets 5 heing mee/oai tlilrone'n these two rune: andthrough g. y .70V me uma-,ii inaigm oi the nag.. i ie uni .it its upperemi is reduced 1n thickness to Specification of Letters "Patent visformed with ay ing 10 engaging with Shonider 5a an( a vei'ticai. seetioatln'ongh my "Fatenteoi Maly Q, iiii Serial No. 29,346.

provide a shonldei 5a, and hinged. te the inn 8 in any suitahie mannei'is a lid 6, this liti having downwarcliy depending side an@ end Walls.The top ott-the lid. is ont away atene end, as at T, to provide anopening, this opening extending across the fonncletl corner of the' liel, as shown oleaily in Fig. 1,

and hinged to. the licl is a door' o which 1s held in either its dosedorits open position by means of a spying 9 Whioh is riveted tothe top ofthe lid. As illustrated, this doori the spring 9, The spring 9 resistsany otation of the door by engaging with the lng l0 in either the openpoition oi the door oi its closed position. Pieei-ably, the liti isfAhinged along its side Wall to the rim 3,

while, as before stated ih@ Opening l? is in the enfl Waii, and aleopi'eierably the litl is heid eloeecl hy means of a snap catch il 'of anynenni oi ordinary Construction.

the purpose of supporting anni holtiing' a bag' of tobacco Within thebag1 il of the container, anti in Orden to prevent the collapse of thetobacco bag aiztef Some of the tobacco has been withdrawn, i piovitie anapproximately U-shapei member Moi" retainei'` consisting; oftransvei'eeiy flat Spring stiip. This is bent to provifie ,a bowedportion 1B anti two npwailye tending legs 14. i ends are formed AWithheafinl l"which, engage in the Space between the ioweihiaee oit-the. ithe upper edge oi the iining rim 4. Thu@ the inenihei i2 is held inHiace. The. legs M- aie preferably provided at intervals along theirlengftha with down- Warflly extending menge 16 aciiipted to en gage thematerial oi the tohaeeo bag and prevent the "withdrawal of the bag inde,i'ionclen'tlj of the meinhei l2, this member boing; in turn held inplace by the engagement of the heacls "with the shonifieei.

Foi1 the pnipoae of homing the Yniooth end of the tobacco bag open sothat tobacco may he reat'iiiy discharged from the oontainei', i providean expander, designa-te 17, which is made of a resilient metal blankformed so that it is transversely le-shaped and having a hotly i8 thesides of which ae pioionfecl as at i9 to iorin the spring iinggei'o,v30, the ends of the fingers ubeing inwardly" turned toward eaoh other asat Qi, the lower edgee of these inwardly turned ingeis being niekefl'isat Z2 anclv lient ontwarl as at 23. The oA-oosite enel of the expanderis out IGI These iege at their uf, per

ther bag firmly in position inverted, to direct t opening 26 in the endof the expander'.

In practical use the retainer l2 is placed within the holder and then apackage of tobacco is placed betweenv the two springl arms of theretainer l2. This will cause the bowed portion 13 of the retainer toexpand so that the bag of tobacco will fit within the bag 2 and theretainer will be caused to iit against the wall of the bag 2 with thebeads l5 engaging in the space between the shoulders and the adjacentedge of the metal strip 4f. The strings of the tobacco bag are then cutor removed and the expander 17 is disposed in the top ofthe package withits edge. fitting inthe beads 15, as illustrated clearly in Fig. l. Thisexpander then holds the mouth of the bag open and holds clamping themouth of the bag against the rim 3. lhen i-t is desired to use thetobacco the snap door 8 is opened and the tobacco shaken out as it wouldbe from an ordinary bag. The door may then be closed to prevent the exitof tobacco from the container.

The container as described is simple in construction, neat inappearance, saves waste of tobacco, and keeps the tobacco fresh. At theSametime Vit prevents the oder of the tobacco municated to the clothesof the user, `and avoids many of the inconveniences caused by the use oftobacco in bags.

While l" have illustratedthe body of the,

' container as being formed of a leather bag Q, it will be understoodthat this body of the container might be made ofmetal and that `innumerous Ways the details of the construction might be changed withoutdeparting from the spirit et the invention.

Having described claim is:

l. .A holder for tobacco packages comprising a container for a package,a lid forming part of the container and having a discharge opening inone end, a door normally closing the means within the container fordetachably engaging' the sides of lthe package, said means alsodetachably engaging the Wall of the container and retaining a tobaccopackage Within the container.

Q; A holder for tobacco packages comprising a'A container for a packageand having a discharge opening in one end and a door normally closingthe opening, and means removably disposed within the container forengaging and retaining a tobacco package therein.

3. A holder for tobacco packages comprising a container for a packageand having adischarge opening in one end and a my invention, what I .etobacco toward the formed from becoming come,"

discharge opening, andv incasso door' normally closing the dischargeopening, and a package retainer disposed within the container comprisingan approximately U-shaped strip of resilient metal formed at the upperends of its legs to engage the u per end of the container the lower ends.i n

of the legs being formed 4with inwardly and downwardly directed prongsadapted to engage the walls of the package.

i. A holder for tobacco packages comprising a container for a package, alid for the container having a discharge opening in one end and a doornormally. closing the discharge opening, and a package retainer disposedwithin the container and comprising an approximately U-shaped strip ofresil-v ient metal formed at the upper ends of its legs to engage theupper end of the container, the lower ends of the legs being withinwardly' and downwardly di-' rected prongs adapted to engage the wallof the package, that portionof the retainer connecting the legs beingnormally upwardly bowed,

A holder for tobacco packages cornprising a container for a package andformed of flexible material, a rim attached- Ito the upper end ci' thecontainer 'and form-A ing a part thereof, said rim being rectangular inplan view and having inwardly eX- tending shoulders, a lid hinged to therim and having a discharge opening in one end, a door normally cio-singsaid discharge opening, and an expander adapted lto be vremovablydisposed Within the open end ofthe package and operatively engage'with ysaid shoulder to thereby be retained in place.

6. A holder for ktobacco packages comprising a container formed offlexible material, a rim attached to the upper end of the container andforming a part thereof, said rim being rectangular in plan view andhaving inwardly eX- tending shoulders, a lid hinged to the rimr andhaving a discharge opening in one end, a door normally closing saidopening, and a retainer detachably disposed within the container andcomprising an approximately U-shaped strip of spring metal providingupwardly extending legs and an upwardly bowed transverse connectingportion, the legs at their upper ends being formed with beads engagingthe shoulders on the rim and being provided with downwardly directedprongs adapted to engage the package.

'Z'. in a holder for tobacco packages, the combination with a container,a lid normally closing the container and having an opening at its end,and a door vnormally closing thev opening, of arcsilient expanderadapted to be disposed within the open upper end of a tobacco package,said expander nonnally' projecting within the lid.

8. in a holder for tobacco packages, the combination withv a containercomprising a for a package and open end of tiie -pander coacting withbody open at one end and less in depth than the vheight of Jche package,a lid covering the upper end of the package projects, the iid beingprovided with a' discharge opening in. one end, a door normaiiy closingsaid opening, and an expander` adapted to be disposed in the open endofthe package and over the contents thereof, said expander being ofresiiieni:l material and having a discharge ope11- ing formed at one endadapted to coact with the discharge opening of the lid.

9. The combination Wp'th a container' for holding [a tobacco package andhaving a discharge opening, of a device for holding the open end of thepackage expanded within said container comprising a transversely curved.strip oiIv resilient nietai having on four sides outwardly expansibicresiiieni walls, the said strip at one end and above said waiis beingvout away to provide a discharge opening. v

l0. The combination with a container or hoiding a tobacco package andhaving' a discharge opening at one end7 of a package exthe container andadapted to be ,inserted inthe open end of a package, Said expandercomprising a transversely curved strip oi resiiient metal havand havingan opening Afor the discharge of aisance body and into which the ingoutwardly expansibie side and end Walls tobacco adapted to register withtheopening in the container.

1L The combination with acontainer for holding ai tobacco package andhaving' a discharge opening, or' rneans'for iiciding the open end of aytobacco package expanded within said container comprising e, strip ciresilient metal transverseiy curved to pro vide side Walls, said, stripbeing one end to provide a reiativeiy Wide down wardy curved tongue7 theside Weils at che other end oi' the strip opposite said tongue havingintnrned ends, the body oi' *lle strip above said -iasbnanied end of theetripbe- 'ing cut away to produce a discharge opening.

1Q. A beider for tobacco packages including a conainer having adischarge opening. means detac'iiabiy disposed Within @he container anddetacbabiy engaging the iatter for detacbabljv holding a tobacco packagein place within the container5 and a paekage expander adapted to bedisposed in the upper portion of the package 'Within said container andhaving an opening for the discharge of tobacco from the package.

n ltestiinony whereof hereunto aiiir roy signature in the presence oftivo Witnesses.

ALBERT GWYNN.

Viicnesses Essie Winnaars, Emme E. Vinnrnrrs.

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